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hicould you tell me the amount of shot number when you put memory card in? If yes, please move to manual position from auto on the side of lens. And try to press release button.there is other one thing you have to chack selftime release working or not. just let me know.

The camera should go off automatically when faulty. attempt to explore teh functions on the camera is discover the unique experience beyond power shut down requests. When powered on, capture a snap shot immediately or else the camera takes charge to poweroff to save batteries. Also, attempt to power charge since the insufficeient battery does not allow the camera to stay on long.

Take your camera and carefully look at the lens side of it. Does the lens look slightly out of center. Sort of pointing very slightly the wrong way. If it is you've given the lens a knock while it's been extended and put the complete lens barrel out of alignment. Please don't try what I've seen touted around the Net and bash the camera lens down on a table, this will make the whole thing completely unusable. The camera needs stripping down completely and the lens either realigned or worse, completely replaced.
The other problem it could be is a piece of grit or sand jammed between the lens elements or the lens and the camera body. Again a strip down job to free the jam.
Just make sure the batteries are at full charge and in good condition if they are getting a bit old try a brand new set of High quality alkalines and see if things start moving then. Quite often the camera may switch on but simply doesn't have enough power to drive the lens. Try the batteries first, you could save a packet.

This means the camera is having problems detecting the lens position. This usually occurs right after the camera has been dropped on a hard surface. It CAN happen due to a lens problem without a fall. Definite service required (will need a new lens)

Same thing happened to my camera. I have the same camera. I fixed it though. I know what I'm about to say sounds idiotic, but bare with me. If you turn the power to the camera on, and catch. or grab the lens when it has fully extended and don't let it retract. Wait until it has stopped wanting to move than the fun part happends. Atleast for my camera it felt as if something got in around the lens. so if you twist the lens you will have about a fraction of play to twist the lens back and forth. This fixed mine. Try this with yours. But don't be too rough. gentle. I mean. these camera's are expensive afterall aha =)

If you can, take a good look at your lens. In this case, this is an actual lens of a DSC-N1 in which you can see lines in it. This is not a shutter, it's physically cracked. This assembly is fairly easy to replace. However, I don't know what Sony would charge for the lens. This is why you can take pictures but everything comes out black. Not sure exactly what this piece does but I do know it has something to do with the transmission of light that goes through the lens.

If this is your case, for sure you will need to replace the lens assembly. Another thing you can try for those of you who do not have a broken lens, is put a flashlight right up against the lens and see if the display shows any light. In any case, this is your problem.

You have a jammed lens error the lens has to be repaired or replaced. You dont have to drop the camera for this to occur it can happen when ever the camera is in your pocket or purse. it accidently gets turned on and when the lens is coming out it is obstructed and strips the little plactic gears in the lens.